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Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Pollock (2000), and The Hours (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in numerous leading and supporting roles, including in Creepshow (1982), The Right Stuff (1983), Under Fire (1983), Places in the Heart (1984), The Abyss (1989), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Firm (1993), Nixon (1995), The Rock (1996), Stepmom (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Radio (2003), A History of Violence (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), Mother! (2017), The Lost Daughter (2021), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). In addition to directing Pollock, Harris directed the Western film Appaloosa (2008). In television, Harris is notable for his roles as Miles Roby in the miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and as United States Senator John McCain in the television movie Game Change (2012); the latter earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He starred as the Man in Black in the HBO science fiction-Western series Westworld (2016–2022), for which he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Billy Batson is a troubled young teenager who has spent his life travelling across his America after he was abandoned by his parents at birth. Billy ends up in a foster home in Philadelphia run by Victor and Rosa Vasquez and meeting his new foster siblings. Billy gets along with with one of the kids Freddy Freeman who idolises the Justice League. One day when Billy was sat alone on his way back to the foster home from school he transports to the Rock of Eternity. He is greeted by a Wizard called Shazam, the last remaining member of the Council of Wizards. Shazam chooses Billy to become the next champion, by saying his name Billy transforms into a god like superhero before magically turns into dust. Billy rushes back home for help from Freddy. The two spend the night discovering Billy’s new powers and abilities, including that he will only turn into the god-like being by saying the name ‘Shazam’. Freddy comes up with the name ‘Captain Marvel’ for Billy.
